Casparus Cornelius "Corniel" van Zyl (born 27 January 1979) is a South African-born Italian former

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

footballer who played at lock. Van Zyl was part of the Italian squad at the

2011 Rugby World Cup The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board (IRB) selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Af ...

. He is currently forwards coach at Ealing Trailfinders in West London He played for Italian side

Treviso Treviso ( , ; vec, Trevixo) is a city and ''comune'' in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 84,669 inhabitants (as of September 2017). Some 3,000 live within the Veneti ...

for eight seasons from 2007 to 2015 before retiring as a player to become the forwards coach at the

Free State Cheetahs The Free State Cheetahs (formerly the Orange Free State), currently named the Toyota Free State Cheetahs, for sponsorship reasons, are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. They are governed by th ...

. Van Zyl left the Free State Cheetahs in 2020 and joined

London Irish London Irish RFC is a professional rugby union club which competes in the Premiership, the top division of English rugby union. The club has also competed in the Anglo-Welsh Cup, the European Champions Cup and European Challenge Cup. While ...

as an assistant coach on 30 January 2021.

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2011 Rugby World Cup Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zyl, Cornelius van 1979 births Living people Italian rugby union players Italy international rugby union players Lions (United Rugby Championship) players Cheetahs (rugby union) players Free State Cheetahs players Pumas (Currie Cup) players South African emigrants to Italy Benetton Rugby players Rugby union locks 2011 Rugby World Cup players